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When you feel you should deny an employment opportunity to a job applicant on the basis of information uncovered in a background report, the process can feel daunting. One false step could result in unintentional …
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Did you ever wonder what’s going on in the mind and life of that person who’s washing your car or bussing your dishes? Did you ever think they might be a more capable person caught …
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On January 1st of this year, a California state law to restrict the use of salary history in the hiring process went into effect. This makes California the latest—and by far the largest—jurisdiction to join …
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Resume lying is commonplace. The HR department’s challenge is that the resume is one of the cornerstone pieces of information you can get about an applicant. What can you do about “fake” claims on a …
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Best practices, continuous screening, and OTR driver background checks are just a few of the topics that dominated the Proforma Screening Solutions Employment Screening Blog in 2017.
Here we provide a summary of our 7 most-read …
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The epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse is causing a revision in mandatory drug testing of employees in regulated industries. Included in this change, the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) has recently issued revised regulations that …
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Applying for employment is an act of hope. Applicants hope to be chosen and commonly look for ways to stand out from the crowd. Sometimes these ways include lying on their resumes, or at least …
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A few years ago, in the aftermath of the deep recession, a lot of ordinary citizens suffered financial losses that damaged their credit history. One reaction to this was a concern that employers would use …
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First, the bottom line: drug test evidence from the 2017 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ shows that use of illegal drugs among the workforce is at its highest point in 12 years, and is trending …
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Background screening is widely used by companies in the hiring process. However, problems can arise if you make one of several common errors in the screening program design. These common pitfalls can seriously damage an …
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